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Findings point to Islamic State responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on Istanbul`s main international airport that killed 36 people and wounded many more on Tuesday, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said, according to Reuters.”According to assessments so far, 36 people have lost their lives and there were also many wounded,” Yildirim...

Petro Poroshenko will address the Parliament in relation to the vote in the second reading on the amendments to the Constitution in terms of decentralization only when security conditions are met in Donbas, the Ukrainian president said when speaking in the Rada June 28 at a special meeting on Constitution Day.”Determining the sequence of steps on...

At least two explosions and gunfire have rocked Istanbul`s Ataturk international airport, with reports of ”multiple” people injured, according to BBC.Gunfire was directed from an airport car park, according to a witness quoted by Reuters news agency, BBC reports.Taxis were ferrying wounded people from the airport, the witness added.In December, a...

Eight Russian-backed separatists were captured by Ukrainian servicemen near Mariupol in theDonetsk region on June 27, 2016, according to Ukraine Today.Another three refused to surrender and opened fire, forcing Ukraine`s soldiers to shoot and kill them. Kyiv said, its men weren`t harmed in the fighting, Ukraine Today reported.The captured...

Turkey`s authorities do not intend to pay compensation to the Russian Federation for the Su-24 warplane downed last year by Turkey near the Syrian border, NTV reports.Turkish Prime Minister Benali Yildirim said that the Turkish side only said it was sorry for the incident, after his speech at the country`s parliament, according to Turkey`s...

Elizabeth Trudeau, Director of the U.S. State Department`s Office of Press Relations, said that Russian security services and traffic police harass and pursue U.S. diplomats in Moscow, as stated in a report published on Tuesday, June 28, at the State Department website, according to Ukraine Today.”Over the past two years, harassment and...

Israel and Turkey have reached a deal to normalize diplomatic relations, six years after an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla left eight Turks and an American citizen of Turkish origin dead, CNN reports.According to information from diplomatic sources, after negotiations between the two countries, the deal was signed earlier this Tuesday at a...

Ukrainian ethnic quartet DakhaBrakha has performed at one of the most famous world music festivals Glastonbury in England, according to Ukraine Today.This is the band`s first appearance at the legendary music event, although it has already performed in dozens of countries around the world, Ukraine Today. reported.DakhaBrakha members describe...

The European Parliament Tuesday, June 28, voted to pass the resolution calling for a swift Brexit to end uncertainty and for deep EU reform, according to an UNIAN correspondent in Brussels reporting from an extraordinary plenary debate.395 MEPs supported the resolution, with 200 deputies having voted against the document and 71 MEPs abstained.In...

European Council President Donald Tusk said in his doorstep briefing before the EU Summit in Brussels there would be discussions during the summit regarding the implementation of the Minsk agreements aimed at reaching peace in the east of Ukraine, according to an UNIAN correspondent.”Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande will inform us about their...